Role of Social Media in Offsetting Gendered Discrimination: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Mehrab Moiz Awaan’s Podcast on YouTube
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https://doi.org/10.55737/trt/FL25.175Keywords:
Social Media, Offsetting, Gendered Discrimination, Critical Discourse Analysis, Mehrab Moiz AwanAbstract
This study explores the multifaceted role of social media in the lives of transgender, focusing on how digital platforms such as you tube facilitate identity expression, community building and resistance against social stigma. The research uses qualitative methods to explore the discursive practices used by Mehrab Awan to challenge dominant narratives of patriarchy and marginalization. The finding reveals highlights the media capacity to give voice to marginalized gender identities, challenge patriarchy, correct misconception of transgender, and humanize gender diversity. Social media also create counter discourse against discrimination and enable to reconstruct identities. Overall, social media emerges as vital source where transgender individuals negotiate their identities, foster social support and resist hegemonic structures.
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